Exchanging Christmas items

I agree that having to work for the rewards is part of the fun, but building the houses, which I’ll end up demolishing in the end gives you peanuts and requires many elements. It’s become quite clear that I won’t be able to buy anything by the end of the season, so I think I’ll be skipping this one altogether.
I hope sometime soon the devs decide to make these seasonal events more accesible. I’ve even bought some of the mayor passes, but other than the first season, I haven’t been able to get all the expensive buildings.